Baby boy attacked by two dogs dies

A baby boy who was attacked at his home by two dogs has died in hospital.

Reuben Mcnulty, who was just a few weeks old, was left fighting for his life after the incident in Yaxley, Cambridgeshire, on 18 November.

Police said he died at Addenbrooke’s Hospital on Thurs- day. Paramedics were called to his home in the early hours of the morning after Reuben was attacked by the family’s two Staffordshire bull terriers. He was taken to Peterborough City Hospital with severe head injuries and later transferred to Addenbrooke’s. Parents, Daniel Mcnulty and Amy Litchfield, have been questioned by police and released pending further inquiries. Following the incident, a man at the property who did not want to be identified, said: “They’re in bits, they’re devastated.”

Police said in a statement yesterday: “Both of the dogs have been destroyed.”